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Cross Company Robotics & Machine Automation provides products and solutions and related services for discrete automation and motion control that increase industrial productivity and efficiency. The collective technology know-how and application expertise of pneumatics, motion control, and robotics enables us to provide the best solutions for pneumatic and mechanical assemblies, robotics, electronic motion control products and related mechanical systems, as well as data acquisition and data management systems.

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Collaborative Robots have been a disruptive technology in not only the manufacturing industry, but they have also opened the door for automation in other industries as well. Industries that have never been interested in robotics, are suddenly finding that with collaborative technology they too can reap the benefits that come from automation. What’s the difference? Why can companies outside of manufacturing now look to robotics when it hasn’t been an option before? There are two simple reasons:

There are many potential benefits of incorporating a robot into production. A robot can help with cost savings, improve quality, alleviate safety concerns, and increase throughput. Throughput can be increased in two different ways. First, with a robot, you don’t rely on the operator to drive the work rate of the cell. With a robot, it runs at the same pace day in and day out. This eliminates the variability the can sometimes exist with human operators. Second, you can shorten the cycle time. But there could potentially be some challenges with this.

Hint: It's a lot more than just tracking energy usage and consumption
One can read an endless variety of articles regarding how to improve energy usage in building and manufacturing facilities. But what does it really take to decrease energy consumption.
In my experience, many suppliers offer meters and software for tracking energy usage. These software products allow for the creation of very nice energy dashboards and support the use of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones that allows key personnel to monitor energy usage.